Audiences flocked to Peacock for WWE‘s WrestleMania 39. The two-day event, which took place at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, delivered the streamer’s highest weekend usage ever and generated the most hours watched of any live event on Peacock with the exception of the Super Bowl, according to NBCUniversal.
WrestleMania 39, including the Hall of Fame ceremony and NXT Stand & Deliver, streamed exclusively on Peacock on April 1 and 2.
Viewing was up 32% in reach and 29% in hours viewed versus last year’s WrestleMania 38 weekend. As is typical, NBCU didn’t release any specific streaming numbers for Wrestlemania 39.
Monday night’s post-WrestleMania episode of Raw on USA Network also benefitted from the weekend’s WWE buzz. The show drew its highest rating in the 18-49 demographic in three years with a 1.0.
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